Shoe dauber



June 22 1926.

H. A. KUNS SHOE DAUBER Filed Nov. 28, 1924 INVENTOR. HAR\/ E A.Kuus.

4k ATTORNEYS.

Patented June 22, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

HARVE A. KUNS, OF OAKLAND. CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO VIOLA R. KUNS, OFOAK- LAND, CALIFORNIA.

SHOE DA'UBER.

Application filed November 28, 1924. Serial No. 752,575.

My invention relates to a shoe dauber, in which the polishing materialin the form of a paste is pressed from a collapsible container through aporous daubing pad.

My invention is applicable to the usual type of collapsible tube havinga threaded stem which ordinarily serves to receive a cap.

In order to adapt my invention to containers now on the market, Iprovide a special cap having internal screw threads to engage thethreaded cap stem of the ordinary collapsible tube.

My invention will be more clearly understood from the accompanyingspecification and drawing in which the single figure shows an embodimentof my invention, the upper part being in section.

The ordinary collapsible tube is indicated at 20, and has the usualconical head 21 with screw threaded stem 22, to receive the usualclosure cap. I substitute for this cap the applicator-socket 18 having acollar 23 screw-threaded to engage the threads of the stem 22, and witha top plate 24 extending across the top of the stem 22. This has anupstanding neck 25 with an aperture 26 registering with the opening inthe stem. I preferably provide a forwardly extending rim 27, and also adownwardly extending skirt 28 from the top plate 24. The lower end ofthe skirt bears against the head 21. A daubing pad or filler 30,preferably of felt, is inserted within the rim 27, covering the aperture26. The pad is glued or otherwise secured to the plate 2 L and to rim 27and is of sufficient thickness to protrude beyond the rim.

In operation, the applicator is screwed onto the stem of the tube, andthe tube is squeezed or rolled in the ordinary manner, which presses thefilling liquid or paste through the aperture 26 and causes it to exudethrough the, porous pad 30. The pad is rubbed over the shoes or otherarticle in the ordinary manner.

My invention may be adapted to many uses other than daubing or dyeingshoes, and may also be altered in construction provided such alterationsdo not depart from the spirit of my invention as defined in the claim.

Having described my invention, I claim:

A shoe dauber, comprising a collapsible container, provided at one endwith an applicator socket, said socket comprising a plate having anopening therethrough in communication with the interior of saidcontainer, and having a forwardly extending peripheral rim concentricwith said opening, and a felt sheet filler within and secured to saidsocket, and projecting beyond the rim, the felt sheet covering theopening through the plate, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HARVE A. KUNS.

